John and Sylvie's Blog

Mayan Riviera

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Sylvie waiting for Tiger Woods to swim up to her suite

It was an easy swim to the pool bar from our swim out suite

One tequila, two tequila,three tequilas,four.. Notice how the woman in the bright pink swimsuit was giving me the eye. With a body like mine how could they resist...All red and round looking like a drunk hairy tomatoe lying on a chair

Sylvie heard a rumour that they were passing out drinks from a boat. She waited all afternoon but her ship never came in.

Great picture of me holding up the wall of an old building in Playa del Carmen

When we weren't drinking tequila we were drinking cervezas.

I told Sylvie that drinking beer removed facial wrinkles. She has real smooth skin now.

They had the best Mexican junk here at the highest prices.

Shots taken on the grounds of the resort.

Morning at the beach.

Sylvie waiting for the bar to open at 7 a.m.

Playa del Carmen in background

hey meester, do you want to date my seester? The guy who ran this shot was actually Polish .

Backstreet view in a Cozumel neighborhood

This picture was taken before the intervention. Margaritas......morning noon and night.

Mexican Mercedes Benz

This Mexican dog liked Mexican food more than I did. He hung out at the restaurant with us in Cozumel. After he ate he licked his butt to get the taste out of his mouth.
Good picture of one of the many homeless people seen wandering the streets begging for shots of tequila. We gave him a few shots and sent him on his merry way.
This is what Mexican heaven looks like. Their version of the Pearly gates

This is what hell looks like in Mexico. Not that scary so I guess I will keep sinning.

Shot taken in the front lobby of the Grand Princess resort.This lady followed me everywhere during my vacation and kept jumping into the pictures.

Shots taken around the Grand princess grounds.

Taken on our day trip to Cozumel.Sylvie's original pose in back of the donkey was too suggestive so I chose not to use that pic. She was exhibiting the typical type of behaviour that a person living on margaritas was prone to do.

Ferry ride to Cozumel was about 30 minutes and had great views.Oh, and they sold beer to tourists out of a bucket so that's a good thing.

The day we left. Just hamming it up for the camera taking couples pics.

Christmas 2009

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SYLVIE'S PLACE

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Montreal October 2009

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The picture above was taken moments before God sent a bolt of lightning to hit Mike Wiseman for foooling around in church. Mike did recover and has now become a card carrying member of the Catholic church.

Wedding Party Pictures

2009-11-01T07:11:00.000-08:00

Everyone had a great time at the wedding. The setting at the Auberge was fantastic.
It was a party that Karin and Claude will remember for a long time.

Karin and Claude's wedding

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Cochrane views from the house

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Just a few shots of the neighbourhood taken this morning

A few weeks after the move.Almost done

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THE HOUSE WE SOLD

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WE'RE MOVING AGAIN

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MILK RIVER TRIP 2009

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I appear to show no sign of fear as I prepare to sleep outside with only a thin layer of fabric to seperate me from all types of wild animals that lurk about in the dark.

Jim, Gail and Sylvie waiting for the shuttle bus to arrive to take us to the resort.I was convinced that the "sleeping outside" thing was just a joke and that the bus would arrive at any minute.

I believe Indian's used these to get around?
This lady might be Mexican. She sure liked tequila. This shot was taken in the morning. Note how someone has left food outside the tent as a way to attract her outside.

Camera settings were badly adjusted. Looks like the moon...

Looks like someone tipped over their canoe. Our dry food soon became mush. A sinking feeling to say the least.

Another shot of our wordly belongings drying on bushes. I believe Indians dried their clothes like this. It was about at this point in the trip that I realized that there was not going to be a shuttle bus taking me to a resort and I would have to sleep outside surrounded by wet clothing and howling animals.

One of the occupants of the hobo camp that we stayed at

Dinner time at the hobo camp

Taken at abot 6 am on Day 2. If you squint really hard you will see that it's a shot of Jim on top of a coulee looking for the shuttle bus that would never come.

Just a nice shot of the neighbourhood. Coyotes or maybe they were hyenas, were howling somewhere off in the distance.

This shot should be attached to my resume.
Without the beer, we would never have made it through this trip.

Loaded and ready

A new member of our motley crew. She appears to be performing some type of ritual that involved "laying of the hands". I think she was praying for candies.
I am all smiles.We were camped in Milk River and they had real flush toilets.
Andrea and a homeless man
Where hamburgers come from

River girl
Red Deer Rapper Mikey
Bad settings on camera again?
Just a real nice shot of the river

Another shot of that Mexican lady that you saw in an earlier photo. Judging by the angle of the sun(and tequila bottle) it must be cocktail hour at the hobo camp
Setting up camp just after the canoes sank.

There is no shuttle bus. There never was any shuttle bus. There will never be a shuttle bus. Sure I look sad in this picture just sitting on a rock having a beer. In reality I was too tired to walk away from camp to pee, so I peed in the river in front of everyone while sitting down. It was all very ladylike...

Andrea's Wedding Show Red Deer

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Andrea did her first wedding show this past weekend. The turnout was amazing. Everyone and their grandma turned out. Sylvie and I were there for a few hours helping out.
Lot's of contacts made that might turn into good contracts for Andrea.

Cynthia's trip comes to an end.....

2009-01-28T17:38:00.000-08:00

It's the evening before Cynthia and Karin fly home to Montreal. They spent almost 3 weeks here with us and Sylvie and I will miss them once they leave. Cynthia was just the funniest little visitor.
Not a day went by that she didn't do something to crack us up.
She's a smart little cookie. Karin is doing a great job with her and has developed an amzing amount of patience. She's quite the mom. She and Claude have themselves a beautiful little person and they are both doing a great job raising her and it shows already.

January 4 2009

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Well....It was a pretty good day. The weather was a bit better thah it was last week. We had minus 6 for a high (compared to minus 38 a few days ago).
I had Ryan come to the house to have a look at the TR6. I've neen held up with the restoration work because of an electrical problem but Ryan was able to find the problem and I will soon be going ahead with the interior restoration. I'm anxious to get this done and even more anxious to get the car out this spring. I'll post a few pics tomorrow or whenever so that You can see the final steps.
this week will be a tough one for me. Tuesday I have a Thalium stress test to see what my heart arteries are up to and the following day I'm booked for an MRI so that they can see if there are any clots floating about in my head? Should be an interesting couple of tests.
Countdown is on for the arrival of our little grand-daughter. She and Karin will be here January 12 or 13? (my memory isn't what It used to be). Sylvie and I plan to spoil the little chipmunk to death while she is here. Old grampy is really looking forward to hugging that cute little bundle.
I even got a haircut and a beard trim so that I look less menacing to her.....
We will have fun while they are here. Pictures of the visit will be posted for sure.

Gail's collection Xmas

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The Wiseman crew3 Stooges hard at play

2/3's of the 3 Stooges

2/3's of the 3 stooges

more skiing

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The start of a most graceful descent.

Fantastic form and style.

This is me taking a small breather after such a great downhill run.

Old men should not ski.:)

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Mike and Andrea thought that we should have some exercise and therefore took us cross country skiing on New Year's Eve (day) We went to Mount Shark. For those of you not familiar with Mt Shark, it is hell and gone past Canmore. Way up in the mountains and down a long snow covered goat trail in the back country. We lasted about 2 hours skiing and had a ball. Today however is another story. My thigh muscles are so sore....My thoughts go out to all hookers who work overtime. I now know how they feel.

Notice how well I was protecting the rear of the group. Try as I might, I could not keep up with the other expe
rts in my group.

Kicking Horse

2009-01-01T10:30:00.000-08:00

Me on top of Kicking Horse. Impressive views.

Sylvie and Gail in one of their sober moments.

Jim and John in one of their less sober moments.

Karaoke Queen hard at work
A homeless guy kissing Andrea in the hot tub.

Our 4 days at Kicking Horse were very relaxing. A lot of partying, hot tubbing and hanging out with friends. It's always fun when we get together with the Wisemans.

xmas 08

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Sylvie and I out for a walk.

A lady that I found hanging out in my hot tub
Perfect way to spend the afternoon

Beautiful scenery everywhere you looked

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